Lionville wins county championship

Staff photos by Tom Kelly IV
Lionville's (4) travels from first to second after hitting a double to left field, during the Exton at Lionville legion baseball game on Saturday July 12, 2014 at Downingtown East High School.

TREDYFFRIN- Jesse Alba’s two-run single in the sixth inning gave Lionville their first lead of the game as the Hillcats overcame a three-run deficit for a 4-3 win over Exton in a Chester County American legion playoff elimination game at Conestoga High School Wednesday afternoon.

The win sent Lionville to the championship game and eliminated Exton from the tournament, ending their season.

Alba finished 2-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored as Lionville had 13 hits in the game. Chad Cantrambone and Robert Baxley also had two hits for the Hillcats. Baxley finished with two RBI’s.

Exton took a 3-0 lead in the third inning off of Lionville starter Austin Edgette highlighted by a Chase Longenbecker RBI single with two outs in the inning.

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The Hillcats cut the deficit in the bottom of the inning with a sacrifice fly by Baxley to score Alba and make it 3-1.

In the fifth, Baxley hit a single to score Edgette from second and cut the Hillcats deficit to 3-2.

Alba’s two-RBI single in the sixth gave Lionville the lead for good.

With Mike Hill on first and Scott Lorback up in the eighth, Lorback drove a ball to deep left field in the direction of Spencer Zuraski.

Zuraski made the catch and dove through the fence in left, preserving the tying run and keeping Lionville’s one run lead.

Edgette went the distance to earn the win on the mound. He allowed two earned runs on six hits and struck out eight on 128 pitches for the Hillcats.

Brad Patton finished 2-for-5 with a run scored for the Bandits. Mike Hill also had two hits with a RBI.